READ Winter Weather: Storm Summary

Expect to see a mix of snow and sleet across the River Valley, where the heaviest accumulations will occur today. Patchy areas of snow/sleet will continue across NW AR, with only minor additional accumulation this afternoon. Temps will hover near or just above freezing.

Tonight:Light Snow/Sleet and freezing rain will continue off and on throughout the night, changing over to all light freezing rain after midnight. In general only minor accumulations are expected thru about 5am, but, with temps falling below freezing across much of the viewing area it won't take much to cause roads to be extremely slick.

Thursday morning:A heavy burst of rain and freezing rain will move thru Thursday morning. This is when things could get especially bad, especially along and east of the I-540 corridor. Ice accumulations could exceed .25" within this area of NWAR. The worst of the Icing is likely to occur from Ozark up to Huntsville and Jasper to Eureka Springs where temps will be the coldest. The Fort Smith/Van Buren area will experience a mix rain and freezing rain, given temps will be slightly warmer. Nonetheless, travel here is not recommended either. Travel Thrusday morning will be next to impossible across the Ozarks east of I-540. Travel will begin improving first Thursday morning after 9am across eastern OK. Travel will begin improving next in the River Valley after 11am, and travel should remain discouraged along I-540 from Fayetteville to the Missouri border through 3pm Thursday. Travel will be next to impossible across portions of Madison, Carroll, Boone, and Johnson counties through at least 3pm Thursday.